Pay freeze: Lamentations of a public servant By Esther Koh - Press Service International

Blinded by the Light

Mental Health and why you should care

Mental Health: Here’s a five-minute overview. Just kidding – there’s no way I could cram into five minutes the complexities, depths and ever-evolving enlightenments of mental health.

Safeguarding God’s children

‘The church should be the leaders; instead, they are dragging their heels at the bottom of the road.’ These are the words of faith-based abuse survivor Gloria Ramsey to the New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care in December 2020.

A time-travelling letter on relationships

I was surprised and delighted to receive your letter. What a privilege it is to be able to have this opportunity to correspond with you. I hope that this finds you well, and that you have decided to either start training for half marathons now or to never start at all (you’ll understand what I mean eventually).

The Mission of God Part 5 – Holy, Holey, Wholly

I thought I have finished writing the series of “The Mission of God,” so I was going to begin writing a new ...

A message for someone

We all have people in our lives that we pray to come to faith. We have people we love and whom we show love to, love more extraordinary than the ordinary, of which is shown to us.

Science and other wonders of creation

I love nature and science as it shows me God’s creativity, power and also God’s love. Some of my favourite verses in the bible are the ones that use animals and nature as a metaphor. God gave us humans an inquisitive mind so we can explore this amazing planet and universe.

Kierkegaard’s King

Soren Kierkegaard – a Danish philosopher-poet from the 1800s. He once told a tale of his true Sovereign:

Christian camps: just how important are they for faith?

Christian camps. What are they good for? Over the years I have oscillated between two polar opposites. On one hand, they are essential for Christians to experience. On the other hand, they can stunt growth and ultimately impede spiritual growth as people succumb to the hype and hoopla.

Why Denominations Matter (And Don’t)

If there is only one way, Jesus, to salvation, why are there so many denominations? Fair question. The diversity (and, sadly, hostility) between denominations is a peculiarity for a religion that claims to have only one way to God.

Creativity as worship

“First this: God created the Heavens and Earth-all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.” (Genesis chapter 1, verses 1-2)